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Yo, guys. Don't get mad at me for chapter lengths. The point of the side stories is that these are standalone oneshots that happen to be in continuity. Some of them will be shorter, some will be longer. So get off my butt about the lengths, pls. This one is no exception. You have no idea how difficult this one was to write. I just hope I got the tone across properly. Anyways, thank you for your dedication. Read, relax, and most importantly, enjoy!
Golden eyes peered over the ocean's vast expanse while gloved hands grasped at the wild grass, damp and cool from morning's dew. As the last stars shone above, the horizon began to light, painting the landscape in brilliant hues. The planet's star rose over the endless plane of blue, casting light on the peculiar visitor's form. Her eyelids closed and a hand drifted up to the glimmering diamond set in her chest which rose and fell with each unneeded breath.
Thoughts swirled through the being's mind. Her gemstone, the very essence of who she was, and she giving it away. The hand which was held to her gemstone shifted downward, coming to rest on her belly. To think of what she had become in her years on this planet. To think that she had learned to love it, to love him.
The soft padding of footsteps could be heard climbing the hill, delicate as every pearl should be. Silence hung between the two, the only noise coming from nature itself. The delicate gem made her seat next to her diamond, following her gaze over the horizon. Her hands gripped at the grass, pulling up clumps which released the scent into the air around them. "You… wished to see me, My Diamond? You said it was a matter of special import."
The former leader inclined her head toward the gem, noting the concern worn across her features. "Yes, Pearl, I did." She paused, trying to find the words within herself to describe to the most loyal gem she had ever known. "You remember that human child Greg would be called upon to watch, yes?"
"Well, yes, My Diamond, but how does that matter so much?" She asked with a raise of a brow.
"Because we've decided to have one of our own."
The pearl's eyes widened as she processed this information. Surely it couldn't be true. She was just joking, right? But since when did Yellow Diamond ever jest? "What?"
"I'll be having his child." The former leader repeated. "And to do so," her eyes closed as she paused, letting a gentle breeze roll over the hillside. She took a shaky breath and upon release, said her piece. "I must release my physical form, so that it may bear my gem."
"No, no." The pearl muttered, shaking her head. "Y-you can't seriously be thinking of giving up your form, My Diamond. I-it's not too late, y-you can still change your mind. Think of all your loyal gems! The peridot, the jasper."
"Already know."
"You don't have to do this!" She cried. "My Diamond, please."
"Oh, Pearl," The Diamond gently took her pearl's chin, tilting it so the delicate gem's eyes met the harsh gaze of her own. "But I'm already carrying."
Yellow's pearl tore away from the Diamond's grasp. And so she ran, covering her mouth and fighting her own tears.
The former leader watched as her little pearl drew further and further away, but she could hardly blame the little gem for reacting such a way. They'd known one another for millennia, and now, one of them would be gone for good. But the Diamond had made her decision. She only hoped the others could forgive her in time.
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